Where are all the nice cap & rays 8 reales ?

bidask · November 27, 2021 5:13PM

I cannot find any I need nor any that are really nice . I searched sixbid....nothing.

Nothing in leading dealer inventories .

Hats off to @TwoKopeiki who informed of a date on ebay i needed( and bought)

Other than that .....very dry.

What gives?

Boosibri · November 27, 2021 6:32PM

There are more 65’s and 66’s on the market vs any other time that I can recall. High Prices brought out the common date gems. The rare dates however I imagine are held by stronger hands.

bidask · November 27, 2021 7:08PM

Brian I think that is true yet I don’t see many 65 or 66’s like I used to at least it’s been that way for a few months now .

pruebas · November 27, 2021 10:16PM

Dan, that's what happens when you become advanced in your chosen series. It takes longer and longer to find new items for the collection that meet your criteria.

I've been going on mine for 25 years and I am lucky to add one decent coin a year. Luckily, I added 2 this year!

Boosibri · November 28, 2021 12:30AM

@bidask said:
Brian I think that is true yet I don’t see many 65 or 66’s like I used to at least it’s been that way for a few months now .

Heritage has 6 MS65’s and 4 MS66’s in auction previews right now

bidask · November 28, 2021 6:08AM

@Boosibri said:

@bidask said:
Brian I think that is true yet I don’t see many 65 or 66’s like I used to at least it’s been that way for a few months now .

Heritage has 6 MS65’s and 4 MS66’s in auction previews right now

Yes thanks
I’ll have to look at those in hand
NGC tricky

Boosibri · November 28, 2021 6:14AM

@bidask said:

@Boosibri said:

@bidask said:
Brian I think that is true yet I don’t see many 65 or 66’s like I used to at least it’s been that way for a few months now .

Heritage has 6 MS65’s and 4 MS66’s in auction previews right now

Yes thanks
I’ll have to look at those in hand
NGC tricky

Did you pick up an EoMo yet? I don’t recall if you won the Clyde Hubbard piece in the Morten & Eden sale. I had a nice but low grade 35 which was stolen in the mail that I wish I still had.

bidask · November 28, 2021 8:13AM

@Boosibri said:

@bidask said:

@Boosibri said:

@bidask said:
Brian I think that is true yet I don’t see many 65 or 66’s like I used to at least it’s been that way for a few months now .

Heritage has 6 MS65’s and 4 MS66’s in auction previews right now

Yes thanks
I’ll have to look at those in hand
NGC tricky

Did you pick up an EoMo yet? I don’t recall if you won the Clyde Hubbard piece in the Morten & Eden sale. I had a nice but low grade 35 which was stolen in the mail that I wish I still had.

Wow so sorry to hear that .

Yes i won a specimen in the Morten and Eden auction (raw) which is now in this holder.

https://d1htnxwo4o0jhw.cloudfront.net/pcgs/cert/39203557/191640458.jpg?v=1638112204307

TwoKopeiki · November 28, 2021 8:56AM

That's a great coin, Dan.

ncsuwolf74 · November 28, 2021 5:02PM

There was one that we looked at together that was a 62 that was best in class in Chicago. You may want to follow up on that one. Sometimes they don't make 65-66 in this series.

bidask · November 28, 2021 5:32PM

@ncsuwolf74 said:
There was one that we looked at together that was a 62 that was best in class in Chicago. You may want to follow up on that one. Sometimes they don't make 65-66 in this series.

I don’t remember which one your referencing

I did buy several from Dunnigan as you know

PillarDollarCollector · November 29, 2021 4:46PM

@bidask said:
I cannot find any I need nor any that are really nice . I searched sixbid....nothing.

Nothing in leading dealer inventories .

Hats off to @TwoKopeiki who informed of a date on ebay i needed( and bought)

Other than that .....very dry.

What gives?

They are all in your collection hahaha!!

RaraAvis · December 2, 2021 7:30PM

Got some good news today. New top pop on both censuses.

bidask · December 2, 2021 7:55PM

@RaraAvis said:
Got some good news today. New top pop on both census.

Wowee !

Where did that specimen come from ?

RaraAvis · December 2, 2021 7:59PM

I purchased a raw 8 R collection two years ago. This one came on the last NGC batch.

@bidask said:

@RaraAvis said:
Got some good news today. New top pop on both census.

Wowee !

Where did that specimen come from ?

@bidask said:

@RaraAvis said:
Got some good news today. New top pop on both census.

Wowee !

Where did that specimen come from ?

Euclid · December 6, 2021 6:39PM

I've had this one for a few years but the TrueViews are new. It's not the most special in terms of date, mint, grade, and so on but I just love how it looks.

JohnnyCache · December 8, 2021 3:39PM

@Euclid said:

It has a fantastic look in the true views. I love the warm toning.
Do you have any other pictures of that one?

Euclid · December 8, 2021 5:28PM

@JohnnyCache said:

@Euclid said:

It has a fantastic look in the true views. I love the warm toning.
Do you have any other pictures of that one?

Yes, my friend took these pics which are pretty true to how it looks in hand at most viewing angles. The TrueViews are how it looks at the very best angle you can get, which I appreciate.

cecropiamoth · December 10, 2021 1:20AM

One that bears a little resemblance to the one posted by @Euclid ---

Last year of production for the cap and rays 8R's at the San Luis Potosi mint. 1893-Pi MR, PCGS MS64 (pop 4/2).

Jeff

cecropiamoth · December 10, 2021 1:55AM

One more with similar color to that of the 8R posted by @Euclid ---

1877-Ca GR, PCGS MS64 (pop 1/0).

A personal favorite, I'm using this as the Chihuahua (Ca) mint representative in my cap and rays 8R branch mint type set. There are four different assayers known for 1877-dated 8R's minted at Chihuahua -- AV, EA, GR and JM. Scarce per Dunigan, he calls it the 2nd most difficult assayer of the four (per Dunigan, AV is the most difficult). The PCGS pop report is in general agreement, with only one MS example of each assayer. Four coins total have been graded of the AV assayer while only two have been graded of the GR assayer. The NGC census paints a pretty similar picture. While trivial, this is a 100-year birth coin (1977 baby) of my little brother, making it just a bit more special for inclusion in the set!!!

Jeff

bidask · December 14, 2021 5:42AM

@cecropiamoth said:
One more with similar color to that of the 8R posted by @Euclid ---

1877-Ca GR, PCGS MS64 (pop 1/0).

A personal favorite, I'm using this as the Chihuahua (Ca) mint representative in my cap and rays 8R branch mint type set. There are four different assayers known for 1877-dated 8R's minted at Chihuahua -- AV, EA, GR and JM. Scarce per Dunigan, he calls it the 2nd most difficult assayer of the four (per Dunigan, AV is the most difficult). The PCGS pop report is in general agreement, with only one MS example of each assayer. Four coins total have been graded of the AV assayer while only two have been graded of the GR assayer. The NGC census paints a pretty similar picture. While trivial, this is a 100-year birth coin (1977 baby) of my little brother, making it just a bit more special for inclusion in the set!!!

Jeff

That is a very nice and tough coin to score! .....please let me know if you ever want to part with it !

TwoKopeiki · December 15, 2021 9:24PM

Here's an actual 1857/5 Go-PF (vs the often mis-attributed 1857/6 as 1857/5)

ncsuwolf74 · December 16, 2021 1:52PM

@TwoKopeiki said:
Here's an actual 1857/5 Go-PF (vs the often mis-attributed 1857/6 as 1857/5)

I've seen that MS65 before that NGC attributed as a /5 and if memory serves me correctly, it's a /6 too. This is really the first /5 I've ever really seen.

Where are all the nice cap & rays 8 reales ?

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